Hednota panteucha (Meyrick, 1885) (formally known as Thinasotia panteucha) CRAMBINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Koch, Cobdogla, South Australia)

The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings each with six white-edged dark thin triangles. The hindwings are off-white shading to pale brown at the margins. The moths are inclined to hold their long labial palps straight out in front of the head, looking like a birds beak. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found in :

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1885, Part 4, p. 453.

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(written 28 February 2023